RESEARCH ARTICLE


Contribution of Perceived Rearing to Depression: The Role of Cognitive Patterns as a Mediator



Toshinori Kitamura*, Nao Tanaka
Kitamura Institute of Mental Health Tokyo, 101 Akasaka 8-5-13, Minato, Tokyo, Japan 107-0052


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Abstract

To test possible mediation of the effects of the perceived parenting in childhood on depression, university stu-dents (N = 258) were examined using a cross-sectional questionnaire survey. A path model indicated that (1) the effects of dysfunctional attitude (rated by the Dysfunctional Attitude Scale) on depression (rated by the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale) was mediated by automatic thoughts (rated by the Automatic Thought Questionnaire–Revised), (2) the effects of perceived rearing on depression were mediated by dysfunctional attitudes and automatic thoughts, and (3) perceived rearing was influenced by the gender of the student. These findings suggest that the well-studied link be-tween childhood experiences and adult depression are mediated by depression-related cognitive styles.

Keywords: Perceived rearing, depressogenic cognition, automatic thought, dysfunctional attitude, vulnerability for depression.